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213 changes: 130 additions & 83 deletions linked_list/linked_list.py
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# Defines a node in the singly linked list

class Node:

def __init__(self, value, next_node = None):
self.value = value
self.next = next_node

# Defines the singly linked list
class LinkedList:
def __init__(self):
self.head = None # keep the head private. Not accessible outside this class

# returns the value in the first node
# returns None if the list is empty
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
self.head = None
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⏱🪐Time and space complexity?

def get_first(self):
pass

if self.head:
return self.head.value
return None

# method to add a new node with the specific data value in the linked list
# insert the new node at the beginning of the linked list
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
# Time Complexity: O(1)
# Space Complexity: O(1)
def add_first(self, value):

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pass
self.head = Node(value, self.head)

# method to find if the linked list contains a node with specified value
# returns true if found, false otherwise
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
# Time Complexity: O(1)
# Space Complexity: O(1)

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⏱ Time complexity is O(n) here since you have to loop through all of the nodes in the worst case

def search(self, value):
pass
current = self.head

while current:
if current.value == value:
return True
current = current.next

return False

# method that returns the length of the singly linked list
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
# Time Complexity: O(n)
# Space Complexity: O(n)

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🪐 Space complexity is O(1) here since you aren't creating any additional data structures in your function body that are proportional to the size of the input

def length(self):
pass
count = 0
current = self.head
while current:
count += 1
current = current.next

return count

# method that returns the value at a given index in the linked list
# index count starts at 0
# returns None if there are fewer nodes in the linked list than the index value
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
# Time Complexity: O(n)
# Space Complexity: O(n)
def get_at_index(self, index):

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🪐 Same as length - you aren't creating any additional data structures here

pass
current_index = 0
current = self.head
while current_index < index and current:
current_index += 1
current = current.next

if current_index == index and current:
return current.value
return None

# method that returns the value of the last node in the linked list
# returns None if the linked list is empty
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
# Time Complexity: O(n)
# Space Complexity: O(n)

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🪐 Same as previous two functions on space complexity - it would be O(1)

def get_last(self):
pass
if not self.head:
return None

current = self.head
while current.next:
current = current.next

# method that inserts a given value as a new last node in the linked list
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
return current.value

# Time Complexity: O(n); more than 1 approach; same complexity
# Space Complexity: O(n); more than 1 approach; same complexity
def add_last(self, value):

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🪐 Again on space complexity - O(1)

pass
if not self.head:
self.add_first(value)
else:
new_node = Node(value)
current = self.head
while current.next:
current = current.next
current.next = new_node


# method to return the max value in the linked list
# returns the data value and not the node
def find_max(self):

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⏱🪐 Time and space complexity?

pass
if self.head == None:
return None

current = self.head
max = self.head.value
while current:
if current.value > max:
max = current.value
current = current.next

return max

# method to delete the first node found with specified value
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
# Time Complexity: O(n)
# Space Complexity: O(n)

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🪐 Again - O(1) space complexity

def delete(self, value):
pass
if not self.head:
return

if value == 0:
self.head = self.head.next

current = self.head
current_index = 0
while current.next and current_index < value - 1:
current = current.next
current_index += 1

if current.next:
current.next = current.next.next

# method to print all the values in the linked list
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
# Time Complexity: O(1) after element is found; O(n) prior

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⏱ Time complexity is O(n) because this function iterates through the entire list and adds them to an array to print out
🪐 Space complexity is O(n) because you are creating an additional array helper_list which becomes length n where n is the length of the linked list

# Space Complexity: O(1)
def visit(self):
helper_list = []
current = self.head
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print(", ".join(helper_list))

# method to reverse the singly linked list
# note: the nodes should be moved and not just the values in the nodes
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
# Time Complexity: O(n)
# Space Complexity: O(n)

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🪐 Space complexity would be O(1) here again because you aren't creating any additional data structures whose size is proportional to the size of your linked list

def reverse(self):
pass

## Advanced/ Exercises
# returns the value at the middle element in the singly linked list
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
if not self.head:
return

current = self.head
previous = None

while current:
next = current.next
current.next = previous
previous = current
current = next

self.head = previous

# Time Complexity: O(n)
# Space Complexity: O(n)

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🪐Space complexity is O(1) again

def find_middle_value(self):
pass
if not self.head:
return None

return self.get_at_index(int(self.length() / 2))

# find the nth node from the end and return its value
# assume indexing starts at 0 while counting to n
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
# Time Complexity: O(n)
# Space Complexity: O(n)
def find_nth_from_end(self, n):
pass

# checks if the linked list has a cycle. A cycle exists if any node in the
# linked list links to a node already visited.
# returns true if a cycle is found, false otherwise.
# Time Complexity: ?
# Space Complexity: ?
def has_cycle(self):
pass

# Helper method for tests
# Creates a cycle in the linked list for testing purposes
# Assumes the linked list has at least one node
def create_cycle(self):
if self.head == None:
return
if not self.head:
return None

# navigate to last node
current = self.head
while current.next != None:
trail = None
spacing = 0
while current and spacing < n:
current = current.next
spacing += 1

if not current:
return None

trail = self.head
while current.next:
current = current.next
trail = trail.next

return trail.value

current.next = self.head # make the last node link to first node
# Time Complexity: O(log n)
# Space Complexity: O(log n)